Ryoko Yamagishi was born on September 24, 1947, in Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan.[3][4] As a child, she studied ballet, which plays a part in many of her works. When she read the manga of Machiko Satonaka in 1964, she decided to pursue becoming a manga artist. Although her parents did not agree with this, in 1966 she entered a competition in Shōjo Friend and was a semi-finalist. She applied to Kodansha and sent some short stories to COM. In 1968, after completing her art studies in Hokkaido, she moved to Tokyo and applied for Shueisha. The next year, she made her professional debut with Left and Right, a short story published in Ribon Comic, a spin-off of Ribon.[3]
In 1971, she released the one-shot manga Shiroi Heya no Futari, which tells the story of a romance between two students at an all-girls boarding school in France. It was published by Shueisha in Ribon Comic and is regarded as the first yuri (female-female romance) manga.[5]
Style and themesedit
Her works normally have occult themes, although her most popular are Arabesque, about Russian ballet, and Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi.[6] According to Yoshihiro Yonezawa, Yamagishi's style is influenced by Art Nouveau.[7][full citation needed]
Released in celebration of Yamagishi's 50th anniversary as a manga artist. Includes 20 art reproductions, printed from high quality, color corrected scans of the originals, stored in a cloth-lined box.[46]
Referencesedit
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^Thorn, Rachel (1996). "A History of Manga". Animerica. 4 (2, 4 & 6). Archived from the original on April 3, 2016.
^ abc山岸凉子. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^山岸凉子が故郷・北海道上砂川町でトークイベント、画業50周年の歩みを語る. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ abBrown, Rebecca (August 8, 2005). "An Introduction to Yuri Manga and Anime". AfterEllen. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012.
^Thorn, Rachel. "Girls' Stuff, January (?) 94". Matt-Thorn.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^Power, Natsu Onoda (2009). God of Comics. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604734782. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^Hahn, Joel. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
^Macdonald, Christopher (May 6, 2005). "Tezuka Cultural Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
^Loo, Egan (May 10, 2007). "11th Annual Tezuka Cultural Prize Winners Announced". Retrieved July 3, 2009.
^"Manga Division". JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL (in Japanese). Retrieved March 13, 2024.
^"Ryoko Yamagishi Exhibition: Illumination ―The World of Metamorphosis―". Go Tokyo. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^くだん書房:目録:マンガ:雑誌:角川書店:アスカ. Kudan Shobō (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020. Yamato Takeru premiered in Monthly Asuka's January 1987 issue and concluded in its July 1987 issue, per the magazine's table-of-contents recorded by the vintage shōjo manga bookstore Kudan Shobō. Note: Like most Japanese manga magazines, the January 1987 issue was released ahead of its cover date, in 1986.
^ヤマトタケル. Kadokawa (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^Hakuganshi was serialized in the following issues of Ushio Publishing's Comic Tom Plus magazine:
月刊『コミック トムプラス』2000年6月号 [Monthly Comic Tom Plus June 2000 issue]. Usio.co.jp (in Japanese). Ushio Publishing. Archived from the original on February 22, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
月刊『コミック トムプラス』2000年7月号 [Monthly Comic Tom Plus July 2000 issue]. Usio.co.jp (in Japanese). Ushio Publishing. Archived from the original on January 4, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
月刊『コミック トムプラス』2000年8月号 [Monthly Comic Tom Plus August 2000 issue]. Usio.co.jp (in Japanese). Ushio Publishing. Archived from the original on February 12, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
月刊『コミック トムプラス』2000年9月号 [Monthly Comic Tom Plus September 2000 issue]. Usio.co.jp (in Japanese). Ushio Publishing. Archived from the original on April 27, 2001. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ ab第11回 2007(手塚治虫文化賞20周年:朝日新聞デジタル). Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 20th Anniversary (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved September 2, 2020. Text: 「『舞姫 テレプシコーラ』は、第1部が00~06年に、第2部が07~10年に雑誌『ダ・ヴィンチ』で連載された。」 Translation: "The first part of MaihimeTerpsichora was serialized from 2000–2006 and the second part from 2007–2010 in Da Vinci magazine."
^花とゆめ 1979年 表示号数11. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^くだん書房:目録:マンガ:雑誌:小学館:プチコミック. Kudan Shobō (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020. Yasha Gozen was published in Petit Comic's April 1982 issue, per the magazine's table-of-contents recorded by the vintage shōjo manga bookstore Kudan Shobō.
^山岸凉子画集 光. Kawade Shobō Shinsha (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^山岸凉子の“メタモルフォーゼ”がわかる展覧会、本日より開催!原画約200点. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). September 30, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ ab山岸凉子の画業50周年を記念した画集、美しさを復元した原画をあえて製本せず収納. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). December 6, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^画業50周年記念山岸凉子原画集 奏. Kodansha Online Store (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020. According to Kodansha's official website, the art book was originally scheduled to be released in mid-February 2020, but it was delayed to late March 2020 to accommodate the unexpected number of pre-order applications.
Further readingedit
Amano, Masanao (2004). Wiedemann, Julius (ed.). Manga Design. Taschen. pp. 534–537. ISBN 3-8228-2591-3.